Project SEMI (Science Education Mobile Instruction) is a fully-equipped mobile science laboratory that has previously traveled throughout the year to schools in Heartland's service area. Because of budget constraints, the lab's teacher/facilitator position had to be eliminated, and this year, schools were only able to check out the lab's equipment rather than having the lab travel to their school.
During the past year, the Iowa Biotechnology Association and others formed a 501(c)3 organization, the Inspire 21 Foundation, that could assume future day-to-day operations of the SEMI and plan/engage in fundraising. One of the projects that was undertaken was application for a Pepsi Refresh Project grant. Funds from the grant would be used to update the SEMI’s equipment and materials, provide a teacher/facilitator to travel with the SEMI and get the lab back on the road helping students learn about science.
Voting will occur during the month of June at http://www.refresheverything.com/inspirationstation.
TO VOTE: You need to create an account to vote and can cast up to 10 votes daily during June (only 1 vote/project). You cannot create multiple accounts to vote—this can cause the elimination of the application.
Please consider voting for this worthwhile project throughout the month of June. Pass the word on to anyone who would be interested in promoting the project.
